HIIiUNUINID.K— Tin: SWALLOWS. 3;^(j 



Iiut one sj)ecies, so tar as known, of tliis ,snl>^cnus as restricted, lu'lonj^s 

 to America. There are, however, qnite a niunber known in tlie Old World. 



Hirundo horreorum, Uakton. 



BARN SWALLOW, 



Iliruudo hirrrcorinii, IJakton, Fnigim'iit.s X. 11. I'cmiii. 17!i!>, 17. — H.viui), IJiids N. Am. 

 1858, :W8; licv. 294. —A. & K. XKwroN, Ibis, l^.-iil, (5(i (.Stii. Ciiiz ; tiiuisicut). — 

 SiLATF.i! & S.vi.viN, lliis, 18,'iy, 13 ((luatiMiialiO. — S( LviKli, r. Z. S. 18(U, 173 (City 

 dl' Me.\.) — Lawuk.ni i;, \\\\\. N. Y. Vac. I8t!l, .!ltj ( I'liiiiiina). — Cnni'KU & .Sicki.kv, 

 1'. U. K. licii. XH, 11, 184 (south of Colutiibia liivvi). - DAi.t. >t 1!a\msti:ii, U7y 

 (Aliiska). — CoiifKli, Orii. < 'al. \, 1870, l(l;i. — .Sa.ml-ki.s, 254. Uii'iindo ni/n, Vli;iLl,. 

 — Cassis, HI. — lii!i;\vi-.i;, X. Am. Ool. I, 1857, 91, (il. v, li-;. t):{-(i7 (I'g'^'s). — C'au. 

 Juiir. IV, 1850, 3 (Cuba ; siniiig and aiitmmi). - I!i:iniiai;iit, Iliis, 18(>1, 5 ((iicciilaiiil ; 

 two .speeiiuciis). — OfMiE.Arii, Cab. .lour. 18i!l, 328 (Culia ; coimiuou). Uiruiiil.o 

 amn- k(i lut, Wihsos ; I'lcii ; La.mhioyi;, Avcs dc Cuba, lS5o, 44, laiu. vii, lig. 2. //('• 

 rundu riisliai, Ari). Oiii. lUog. II, jil. cLxxiii. In. liiiils \m. I, jil. .\lviii. — Jones, 

 Nat. Hist. Boriiiuila, 34 (Ik'i'iuudas ; .Vug. and Sept.). 



Sp. Char. Tail very ilfcply fdi-kcil ; oulur t'catliuf.s suvt.Tid u.idiu.s loiiguf than the iiiiioi', 

 very iianow towaids tho oiid. Above _._ 



glossy bhio, with coiiccaUMl white in 

 the niiddl<' ol'tlie bark. Tlii'oat eliest- 

 iiut ; rest of lower paft reddish-whife, 

 not (.'onspicuously dilVeielit. A .steel- 

 blue eollar on the upper part of the 

 breast, interrupted in tho middle. Tiiil- 

 lealheis with a white .spot near the 

 luiddk', on the iiuief web. Female 

 with the oiitei- tail-ti'athei- not cpiite 

 so long. Length, (i.DO inches; wing, 

 5.00 ; tail, 4.50. 



Hah. Whole of the I'niled States; ^ i^fci^^"^ "^^ 



noi'th to Foi't liae, Slavi; Lake; (ii-een- ^^*^^tt^|E^?^"^° '°^^'-^\J?[. ]^^?^^^ 



land; south in wintei-toCeiitial .\ineri- irimmin hnrmmnn. 



ea and West Indies ; I'anatua (Lawk.); 



rialeau of .Mexico (liieed.s, Sl-.MicMi!A>;r) ; Vei'agua, Chii'iipii (Saiain). Not found at Cape 

 St. Lucas. South Anu'ricay 



In younj,' Inrds, tho frontal chustiuit hand is smaller and loss distinct. 



It Is still a ([iiestion whether a South American resident si)ecies (//. a-if- 

 thriHjoder) is identical or not. The only two specimens of the latter (21,007 

 and iU,008, Vermejo, Feb., IHGO ; ('. Wooil) have a very nuich less violaceous 

 upper jdnmage than ^'ortll American e.\ami)lcs, the blue above having 

 even a oreeni.di tinge. They are moalting, unfortunately, so tliat they cannot 

 be satisfactorily com]iared ; except in the resjiect iiointed out, however, they 

 appear to be identical witli Nortli An.crican exam])les. 



The European H. rHx1iv(t is ])crfectly distiiut, thougli closely allied. It 

 dill'era essentially from the ximericau //. horreorum iu much longer outer 



